The first year of Chengtian, the first year of the Republic, May 23.

When the judge stationed at the boundary bridge heard the sound of drums on the other side like thunder, his face was fine, but his palms were holding a handful of sweat.

Don't look at the judges, they are very confident in their new army, but they are still beating in their hearts in the face of the Hebei Yellow Turbans.

The battalion general on the side saw the appearance of his own general, and knew what he should say, so he stepped forward and said:

"Lieutenant, this time the brothers who came out have achieved both capture and capture, and now the enemy army is pouring out, why don't we avoid it?"

The judge shook his head, and withdrew without fighting, even if he had captured enough before, it would damage his prestige when he returned. So the trial still decided to fight a dozen.

But how to fight? Interrogated and questioned the battalion commanders under his command.

For example, Jiao Touch, Jiang Yiqu, etc., all suggested that it was better to defend instead of attacking, saying:

"Today, there is no food to attack, and they are outnumbered, and they are deadly. It is better to hold on to the boundary bridge, exhaust the enemy, and then pursue and annihilate it when his division is old and retreats. ”

Jiao Touch, Jiang Yiqu, etc., are all sons of Qinghe Haoqiang, who are known in the countryside with their bravery, and what they are saying at this moment is also the words of Lao Cheng to seek the country, and he is a good general.

Judging the head of the chin, he didn't say much, but asked Cui Yan who was with the army what his strategy was.

Cui Yan thought about it, and probably understood the meaning of the trial, and he said:

"Now that our army has come from afar, what we originally thought was to defeat the Yellow Turbans in Qinghe. But now the situation is changing, and the troops of the Taishan army have reached the area of Zhangshui, and may appear under the city of Guangzong at any time. What the two generals said before is indeed an old statement, but it is not suitable for the current situation. Therefore, instead of waiting for the attack, it is better to defend and attack secretly. ”

The trial was busy asking Cui Yan what he meant?

Cui Yan said:

"The thief army is coming to attack, and they must think that our army will not dare to go out into a field battle. Therefore, we can first close our guns and show weakness to the enemy. But we can secretly dig another secret way, so that it can approach the army and defend it undecided. Our army can choose elite warriors to come out of the dark and go straight to the tent of the thief. In this way, our army will be able to end this battle in a short time. ”

Cui Yan's words fell, and all the generals in Qinghe were thinking.

This strategy is a good strategy, with the casualness of the Hebei Yellow Turban, there is a considerable success rate of decapitation from the dark passage. But this strategy is also a little riskier. But thinking about today's situation, it's really unrealistic not to gamble.

So he judged Na Cui Yance, ordered each battalion to defend the city, and then defended it during the day, and stepped up digging secret passages in the camp at night.

And for these, the left beard of the Hebei Yellow Turban is not clear.

What he didn't know was that just yesterday, the Zhangshui defense line was officially broken.

……

Zhang Ji, who was in the Zhangshui defense line, never expected that his Yellow Turban Army would face a situation where there were wolves in front and tigers in the back.

His many calculations are so ridiculous under the absolute strength of the Taishan Army.

When Zhang Dan in the rear led the right military academy captain to the west bank of Zhangshui, Zhang Chong summoned the generals of the military camps to discuss the offensive and defensive strategies. At the meeting, there were many ambiguities among the generals, and in the end, Zhang Chongli overrode the public opinion and decided to preemptively cross the Zhangshui.

One thing to say, Zhang Ji's defense on the Zhangshui was still very tight, and Zhang Dan's battalion commander Pan Zhang led his troops to cross by small boat several times, but Zhang Ji was defeated.

But Zhang Ji didn't expect that Pan Zhang's forcible crossing was a fake, and an elite cavalry of 2,000 cavalry left the fortress early, and then crossed the river along the upper reaches of Zhangshui to find a shallow place.

The commandos led by Li Hu, Xu Huang, Xi Shen, and Ma Wu gave full play to the advantages of the cavalry's high-speed movement, rapid intersperse, and thousands of miles forward. They crossed the river that night and crossed the Zhangshui, and the next morning they were killed under the city of Quzhou.

Li Hu and other horsemen took advantage of the opportunity of the yellow scarves outside the city to come out to pick wood, and attacked from all directions, approaching the water village outside the city. Although Zhang Liang's overseers outside the city resisted, they were still breached.

And Zhang Liang, under the cover of Hu Bing, entered the city alone in a basket.

The next day, Zhang Ji, who was unwilling to lose the river defense, and Zhang Bairao in the north, attacked from two sides, wanting to seize the river defense again. But what is surprising is that the Hebei Yellow Turban is unfavorable again.

You must know that the Taishan army that is now active on the east bank is full of four battalions and 2,000 cavalry. But there are more than 20,000 people in Hebei Yellow Turbans here.

But even with such a big advantage, Hebei Yellow Turban was still crushed and beaten.

Therefore, the Taishan army rode only two stations before and after, and the Hebei Yellow Turban broke its bones. After Zhang Ji misestimated the combat strength of the Taishan army, he knew that it was already difficult to win the field battle, so he decided to hold on to Quzhou.

At this time, with the victory of the Taishan Army's sudden cavalry on the east bank, the left and right parts of the Taishan Army on the west bank also stepped on the built pontoon bridge one after another and began to gather on the east bank.

Zhang Ji, who was already stretched thin and suffered defeats, saw that the enemy army was gathering more and more, and his heart was bitter. But he is a self-proclaimed hero and has an indomitable mentality.

Even after successive defeats, he still relied on the original Quzhou city defense and fortifications to continue the battle.

But soon, new news came, so that Zhang Ji had to withdraw from Quzhou.

It turned out that Zhang Baiqi in the north actually surrendered to the Taishan Army, and now the Western Front was finished.

That night, Zhang Ji and his younger brother Zhang Liang led a small number of core armaments to break through from Quzhou, and the Taishan army launched an attack on the next day.

Qu Zhou's yellow scarves, who had no leader, also surrendered after being opened by the hole. At this point, the 20,000 soldiers of the Hebei Yellow Turban arranged on the Western Front, except for Zhang Ji and others who escaped, were all wiped out.

Qu Zhou was broken, and the Taishan army never encountered resistance on the road to Guangzong. And with the addition of Zhang Baiqi, Zhang Chong continued to recruit the Yellow Turban Army along the way.

Originally, Mount Tai and Taiping were one family, and they couldn't write two Tai characters in one stroke. Now that the Taishan army is rising, these Hebei yellow turbans smoothly surrendered to the Taishan army without much resistance.

In fact, this is also Zhang Chong's strategy for this expedition against Zuo Zhangba.

In the final analysis, there are still more than 100,000 people in Hebei Yellow Turbans, and although the quality of these people is uneven, they are still holding knives, and they still have to collect them for their own use.

Therefore, Zhang Chong used the banner of only punishing the evil at the beginning, and recruited the Yellow Turban Army who came to defect with great fanfare.

And the battle of Zhangshui is the acceleration point of this battle. Originally, the Zhangshui defense line was there, and the marshals of the Yellow Turban in Hebei didn't feel how urgent it was to replace the bow of the ship. But as soon as Zhangshui broke through, it simply broke through the hearts of these little marshals, and the combat power shown by the Taishan army made them even more frightened.

In this way, from Quzhou to Guangzong, it is only a hundred miles, and there is an endless stream of people who defect to Yiqi.

And when Zhang Chong led the core field battle of 15,000 horses, and the 20,000 Yellow Turbans of the peripheral volunteers pressed towards Guangzong. At the boundary bridge outside Guangzong City, a bloody battle is also unfolding.

……

This is the second day of the 80,000 yellow turbans inside and outside Guangzong led by Zuo Zhangba to attack the Qinghe Han military boundary bridge camp.

At this moment, the left beard is full of spirits, just in the morning, the front has to report that the soldiers have occupied a small village of the Qinghe Han army.

Although this kind of small stone is all over the banks of Qingshui, for the left bearded Zhanghachi, a small victory is also a victory. Now he needs victory too much to maintain his prestige in the army.

For this reason, Zuo Zhangba drank some wine in the military tent again, and took the generals to the front line. This is his consistent way of leading troops, and he will go to the front line to boost morale every time he goes to battle.

The left beard was dizzy, and in front of the front-line soldiers, patted this and touched that. He even personally tied the belt of a soldier who was not tight.

This is the style of leading soldiers with the left beard, and he really loves soldiers like a son. Of course, at least that's how it has been.

After Zuo Zhangba spent half an hour walking, he took his generals to the Han army camp on the boundary bridge.

At this moment, the opposite door was closed, and he was ready to spend it with him.

Seeing this, a little sorrow flashed in Zuo Zhangba's heart.

It is difficult for him now, in front of him is the Qinghe Han army that took advantage of the fire to rob, and in the west is the wolf-like Taishan army, all of them want his life. And the internal handsomes have their own ghosts, and maybe a few will sell him.

The left bearded Zhangba of this meeting was quite remorseful, if he knew that it was the current situation, he would have handed over the military power to Zhang Bao that day.

But now, hey, it's useless to talk about it.

At this time, the sun is high, and the day in May is already very hot.

And it's evil, and the bridge is still a little windy today, and the armor and underwear of the left beard are already soaked.

But this little bitterness can still be endured, and he brought his generals to watch the camp.

The Han army repaired the camp very well, and the camp chosen was just behind the boundary bridge, which can be said to have choked the communication line on the Qing River.

Looking at their own side, the chaotic Yellow Turban Army was all gathered on both sides of the clear water, and many people were tired from digging trenches, so they lay on the ground to rest.

Zuo Zhangba didn't care about this, he was frowning and asking the black mountain on the side:

"How many people haven't crossed the river yet?"

Montenegro also frowned, and couldn't answer, but only roughly told Zuo Zhangba:

"I look at the flag, there are Qinghe Corps, Wei Jun Corps, and three or four marshals who have crossed the river now, and I saw Liu Shi's team crossing the river just now?"

Zuo Zhangba was not satisfied with Montenegro's statement, but he also knew that their Yellow Turban Army was like this, and it was also Montenegro's intention to be able to point this.

Left bearded Zhangba frowned, and urged Black Mountain:

"You will let people urge you again, and at least let the Changshan Legion cross the river today. In this way, there are four regulated legions on the south bank, which is enough. ”

Montenegro nodded and made a note of it.

Then Zuo Zhangba said to the clan brother Zuo Xiao on the side:

"Is there any news from Zhang Ji on the Western Front?"

Colonel Zuo first nodded, then shook his head, and said uncertainly:

"I just received a letter from the Western Front today, some of the Taishan thieves have broken through Zhangshui, and they are asking for reinforcements."

Left bearded Zhangba scolded:

"I know that I want reinforcements, and Naigong still wants reinforcements. This base is known as a tiger, but with the river defense, not to mention blocking the Taishan army in that inch, at least block me for ten days. ”

A ruthless, left beard eight to the left school said:

"You will have someone pass an order to Zhang Ji, as long as he blocks the Taishan army for ten days, I will ask him to be appointed as a general."

Colonel Zuo and Montenegro heard this, their faces were a little dark, they fought and died with Zuo Zhangba, and they didn't say that they would be handsome, that Zhang Ji, as a member of the Zhang family, was an enemy in his eyes, so he turned into an official and made a wish to him?

At this moment, both Colonel Zuo and Montenegro were dissatisfied.

Especially Montenegro, at this moment, it is even more like not being able to hide emotions, so we have to ask what the truth is.

But Zuo Zhangba didn't notice the thoughts of the two at all, but fanned himself vigorously with a pu fan, and said to the two:

"It's getting hotter and hotter this day, so let the people below tie up the tent, and then go to someone to ask where there is honey water, and send it too."

Montenegro wanted to speak, but was stopped by Colonel Zuo on the side, who hinted to Montenegro that the time was not right.

Montenegro sighed and nodded.

In this way, the Han army on the boundary bridge did not move, and the Yellow Turban Army outside Qingshui transported more and more grain and soldiers and horses in the chaos.

And this contradiction between movement and stillness, as night fell, finally returned to silence.

Before going to bed, the left bearded Zhangba drank another urn of wine, and then fell asleep groggyly.

When the time soon came, the Yellow Turban Army on both sides of Qingshui fell asleep.

But just when the voices were silent, a rustling sound quietly appeared.

First a stout shirtless warrior came out of the secret passage with a short dagger, and then more and more warriors dressed like him, covered in mud and fishy, but with fanatical eyes.

This group of people is Jiang Yiqu and his group of dead soldiers. They were walking through the drenching and damp passages for this moment.

Because of the rush of time, the Qinghe Han army had time to dig a secret passage, so at this moment, only Jiang Yiqu and his twenty dead soldiers used this secret passage.

And because of the military vision of the trial, they chose a natural camping spot for this secret passage, and the Yellow Turban Army who had already passed the clear water is now camped here.

So as soon as Jiang Yiqu and the others got out, they were in the camp.

The trial assigned Jiang Yiqu two tasks, if he can find the eight thieves of the left beard, then he will be the head of this person. If they couldn't find it, they burned the grain.

Originally, it was extremely difficult to find the trace of the commander among the ten thousand troops, but he didn't know if Jiang Yiqu was lucky, or if Zuo Zhangzhang was unlucky.

As soon as Jiang Yiqu and the others appeared, they saw the big golden tent embroidered with gold threads, and they were ecstatic in their hearts, knowing that the left bearded zhangba must be here.

This golden tent was uploaded from Zhang Jiao's hand to Zhang Bao, and then the left bearded zhang eight killed Zhang Bao, and this golden tent fell into the hands of the left bearded zhangba.

At this moment, Jiang Yiqu, who was wearing only a calf-nose hakama and had strong muscles all over his body, took a deep breath, slowly released it, and then took a short dagger and touched the golden tent.

And the twenty people behind Jiang Yiqu were all like this, knowing that they must not alarm the thieves at this moment.

After a while, Jiang Yiqu saw a group of armored warriors standing there outside the big tent, and his heart was ruthless, so he motioned for the dead soldiers behind him to kill him.

These people have a dagger in their hands, how can they beat this team of armored warriors, so Jiang Yiqu's meaning is very simple, that is, let these people die.

Without saying much, the dead men rushed directly to the team of armored soldiers, and then the two groups of people fought together.

It was also this kung fu that Jiang Yiqu used a sharp knife and dagger to cut open the military tent and rolled into the tent. But before Jiang Yiqu could stand up, a white practice smashed towards him.

It was a halberd, and it flew over Jiang Yiqu's brain.

Jiang Yiqu was shocked, but when he saw the long-haired man who was barely trying to support himself from the Hu bed, he knew that this person must be the left bearded man.

With a cruel laugh, Jiang Yiqu bumped into it.

Yang, in the struggle to write.

(End of chapter)